How LiVac Works

Key Benefits

Advantages of LiVac

Clinical Studies

LiVac Techniques

Unlike most other surgical retractors, LiVac does not require a dedicated surgical incision for insertion and placement. The LiVac Retractor is inserted through a laparoscopic incision or port and placed between either lobe of the patient’s liver…

The key benefits of the LiVac device. The suction of the LiVac Retractor causes the liver to cohere to the diaphragm during surgery, thereby allowing access to the organs below and minimising trauma to the liver. The…

The advantages of the LiVac device. LiVac is easy to use and disposable. It retracts left or right liver lobes and is compatible with single or reduced-port laparoscopic surgeries. The surgeon’s usual technique for the intended surgery…

LiVac successfully completed its first clinical trial in December 2013. The trial was conducted across two hospitals and involved ten patients undergoing laparoscopic reduced port (3 port) cholecystectomy, gastric fundoplication and gastric banding, as well as single…